VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Vocabulary

flat tire-爆胎

flat (adj): If something such as a tire or ball is flat, it does not contain enough air.
(轮胎或球)瘪了的,撒了气的
E.g.: I got a flat tire (= the air went out of it) after driving over a nail.
我的车胎扎了钉子后瘪了。

keep the change-不用找零钱了

change (n): the money that is returned to someone who has paid for something that costs less than the amount that they gave
找头,找给的零钱
E.g.: I think you’ve given me the wrong change.
我想你找错我钱了。

meter (n): the device in a taxi that measures the distance or the amount of time spent traveling and shows how much you have to pay
(出租车的)计价器
E.g.: The cab/taxi driver left the meter running while I helped Mum to her front door.
我扶妈妈下车走到前门口这段时间,出租车司机一直开着计价器。

乘坐- ride

hail (v): to call someone in order to attract their attention
招呼,呼喊
E.g.: Shall we hail a taxi?
我们要叫出租车吗?
E.g.: I tried to hail her from across the room.
我在屋子的另一端冲她喊。

he restarted the taxi meter-他重新启动出租车计价器。

restart (v): to start something again
(使)重新开始;(使)再开始;重新启动
E.g.: Our car stalled and wouldn’t restart.
我们的车抛了锚,发动不起来了。
E.g.: Please restart your computer to complete the installation.
请重启计算机完成安装。

drive/drove ( PAST TENSE)

Speaking exercise

Mr Bean play the driving game but his car is broken and he went to buy a new car. He wanted to drive his car but his car is flat tire. And he went to take a taxi and the taxi driver was a black heart, he wanted to take Mr Bean’s many money. And MB was annoyed but he can drive, he can go to driver place and he drived the taxi and a person went to take his taxi and MB  drived the taxi go to the place and MB has money. And MB was happy but he changed the meter and the driver drive him to the toy shop but  it don’t expensive it’s cheap and MB give the driver’s money and he one yuan and told him ” Keep the change!” And MB to buy a new car.

Mr. Bean was playing with his toy cars but his a car got broken so he went to buy a new car. He wanted to drive his car but his car had a flat tire. And he went to take a taxi and the taxi driver was a black heart/ bad guy, he wanted to take a lot of Mr. Bean’s many money. So, MB was annoyed but he can drive, so he sat in a driver’s place and he drove the taxi and a person wanted to take his taxi and MB drove the taxi and he took the person go to many places and MB made a lot of money. And MB was happy, he changed/restarted the meter and the driver drove him to the toy shop but in the end, MB’s ride wasn’t expensive it was cheap and MB gave to the driver  one yuan and told him ” Keep the change!” MB bought a new car and he was very happy.